The 20 European Best Destinations for 2016

The European organization “European Best Destinations”, based in Brussels, announced the results of the 2016 edition of the European Best Destination’s competition. It is a record edition with a massive participation of voters from 179 different countries.

A twenty-day competition determined the most popular destinations among travellers from all over the world for the quality, reputation and offerings.
Amsterdam ranked first, followed by Athens, Azores, Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Kotor, London, Milan, Nantes, Nicosia, Novi Sad, Madrid, Paris, Plovdiv, Prague, Rome, Vienna and Zadar.

With more than 118,487 shares on social networks and more than 6,400 comments and hundreds of newspaper articles , this competition has been a success: it broke all records with 288,992 votes collected during 20 day period.

The Ambassador of Norway in Athens, His Excellency Jørn Eugene Gjelstad, spoke to EmbassyNews.net and commented on the current developments in Greek and European politics, the economy and the refugee crisis.

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